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-ploidy

-ploidy suffix: the condition or state of having a certain number or type of chromosomes.

Suffix

-ploidy

  1. The condition or state of having a certain number or type of chromosomes.

Origin of -ploidy

From -ploid + -y.

Questions about -ploidy

What does -ploidy mean?
-ploidy means the condition or state of having a certain number or type of chromosomes.
What part of speech is -ploidy?
-ploidy is a suffix.

Words near -ploidy in the dictionary

  1. -plegia
  2. -plegic
  3. -plex
  4. -plinerved
  5. -ploid
  6. -ploidy
  7. -plon
  8. -pnea
  9. -pnoea
  10. -pocalypse
  11. -pod

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